The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-03 00:00:00

CANADA store or house on the right of the entrance of the village. The advanced picquet of the troops was allowed to pass unmolested, but when th e ma i n b o d y came up a round of fire was sent in upon them from the house with such force as to make them stagger. This battle be tween the peasantry and the troops continued from nine in the morning till half-past three in the afternoon with unabated rage, and so desperate was the contest that a piece of artillery, be!onging to the troops, was five diPrent times in possession of the adverse parties ; it finally re mained in the possession of the Canadians. Between three and four o'clock the regular troops found themselves obliged to retire from the field. One of the officers, Captain Mark ham, had received four wounds. Their loss was estimated at 50 killed and about 1.5 or 16 wounded. The precise number of killed cannot be ascertained, as it is said a part) of soldiers was employed in throwing their dead into the river. The loss on the Canadian side was eight killed. Amongst these I have to record the irreparable loss of vour warm-hearted, patriotic, and hi , zhly-talented friend, (ividt- Perrault. With that ardour in favour of his insulted coun try, for which he has been ever remarkable—ever honoured— he threw hinoelf, on the morning of the 23d among his compatriot-, and acted as aide-de-camp to Mr. --. In conveying some orders to a body of men at the other side of the street, he received a ball in his body over the hip. He lingered till three o'clock next morning when he ex pired, having been greatly comforted with the news that the patriots were masters of the field. The enemy retreated to Sorel, whence they afterwards embarked for Montreal. Thus far conceruing the operations of the party sent against St. Charles, via Sorel ; I now proceed to give you an outline of what took place at St. Charles. You will bear in mind that aboutfinir hundred infantry, some artillery, with one howitzer, and some cavalry, were sent, by way of Longueil and Chambly, against this place. On Friday (the day after the attack on St. Denis,) they arrived at Renville, six miles above St. Charles, where they rested for the night. They attacked St. Charles at 11 o'clock on Saturday, the 25th of November. This post was defended by about 800 Canadians, who had guns. There were a large number of men with out arms on the ground, who had been employed during the two precedin g days as w o rk men i n h urry i ng on the com pletion o f th e stocade, or rude line of fortification, hastily traced by Mr. --. These men were not merely of no assist ance—they did but create confusion—during the fight. You will remember that the right of this stockade was com posed of three or four barns, in which were stored a quantity of hay and- grain. Th e h a bi tans w h o h a d come to work had lod ge d about fifty or sixty of their horses, ut fortunately, in some of these outhouses. When the troops first commenced the attack, they were received with such a hot fire that they were obli g ed to abandon or change their ground. The hottest of the fire was front the barns, where the Canadians, from locp-holes previously cut, bore upon their opponents in a most galling manner. The troops immediately threw shells into the barns, and set thorn on fire. This was totally unexpected. Immediately, in consequence of the jell immable nature of their contents, the barns were in one blaze ; the horses within broke loose, and ran mad through the camp. The unarmed peasantry fled likewise, and in a short time all was con fusion. The fight lasted about an hour and a half. Co lonel Wetherell had his horse shot under him:; so had Mr. David (a jew), commanding the cavalry. The loss of the patriots here did not exceed 28 killed ; the troops had 15 killed and 16 wounded. The Tory papers of Montreal, who receive their information from the official circles, admit that the patriots fought with uncommon desperation ; indeed, some of the people sooner than fall into the hands of the enemy as prisoners, flur.g themselves into the liver, whereby many were' drowned. Lord John Russell, I ex pect, will find it difficult to crush a people so determined and obstinate as this. After the short engagement above described, the patriots retreated slowly and without loss to St. Denis, where, at the latest accounts, they were pre paring other fortifications. MONTREAL, DEC. 7. SIR, The last time I wrote t 3 you was on the occasion of forwarding, a copy of the Address of the Permanent and Central Committee of Montreal, in reply to that of the London Working Men's Association. You will have learned from the Vindicator every thing worth knowing toughing our provincial politics np to the day of its de etructien, Since then matters have hastened to matu rity with most unprecedented velocity, and the Provin cial Government has been hard at work, aided by all the influence it has at its command, (biting the people into rebellion. It has acted on the phis pursued by the late Lord Castlereegh, with such infamous success, in 1798 towards Ireland, by stimulating the people into resist ance, for the purp ose o f more certainly crusbine all the energies of the Democratic party in the bud, and of' de istroyinT the leaders of the people. It remains to be costa whether its iniquitous projects will meet with the saute result in Canada as in Ireland. Yon received, I doubt not, at the time of its occur rence, an account of the destruction of the Vindicator ollie e by a 4‘ loyal" Tory mob. Events which have since taken place have induced me to believe that this was only the commencement of a series of authorised out rages by the Government, which has thus far thrown the country into disorder, and led to bloodshed, and the arbi trary destruction of all the legal rights of the subject in Ca nada. About the same time that the paper was destroyed with the connivance of tire Magistrates, a secret inqui,ito rial inquiry was going on in Quebec by one of the Ma gistrates, aided by Duval, Queen's Counsel, and by a violent partisan, one of the Dalhousie and Aylmer Ad ministration, of the name of Thomas Ainsley Young. This most irregular Star Chamber proceeding termi nated in the arrest of Mr. Morin, and three other Reformers in Quebec, for sedition. It seems they had previously passed some strong resolutions against the Administration at a public meeting—and this was con sidered sedition. The great coup d'Etat, however, was re served for Montreal. Immediately after Morin's arrest, Lord Gosford issued a new Commiss:oa of the Peace for the dis trict of Montreal, in which were omitted the names of be tween sixty and seventy liberal magistrates at one swoop. What was most astonishing was, that many of the gentle men who were struck off the list had taken no share in the public meeings which had agitated the country throughout the summer. The only objection which the Tory party could have against; them was, that the said Magistrates had not joined then:. 'o:is was a sin not to be forgiven. The liberal party in Montreal saw in this a preparation for hostilities on the part of Government of the most violent kind. The Attorney-General, Ogden, had been for some time in town. He, it is well known, has a peculiar facility in patching up accusations. So long as liberal Magistrates remained, there was some chance, if not of justice, at least ' of being sheltered from persecution. If a Reformer were arrested, be might possiblybe admitted to bail ; all this hope w i ts, however, destroyed by the removal of all the liberal Maeristrates from office. Then it was that affidavits, war rants.. and arrests deluged time city and districts. Imme diately the President, Corresponding Secretary, and some . of the members of the Committee of a Young Men's Society lately formed in Montreal, called " The Sons of Liberty," were seized and thrown into gaol on a charge of High Treason. L. M. Viger, Esq., President of La Banque du Peuple, was also arrested at midnight, and thrown into' prison on some similar charge. What the grounds for this :arrest have been we are at a loss to know, for Mr. Viger has of late taken no part in politics except, in his place in the. House of Assembly. They charge him with lending funds to the Reformers to upset the Government. This is at most silly ruse, and without a shadow of foundation. Various other persons have since been arrested and remain in gaol, not being admitted to bail. The party in power next directed the war against those gentlemen who attended the meeting of the six confederated counties in October last, at St. Charles. Warrants were issued against the officers of the meeting ; and the loyal Montreal Cavalry, composed for the most part of the infuriated set who de stroyed the Vindicator office, were despatched through the country as special constables (!) to execute the warrants. To complete this infamous crusade, another and final attack was made on the liberty of the press, under which, I gret to say, the Vindicator and the illinerra succumbed. The means adopted to attain this end will enable you to form a just idea of the honour and morality of the British Government in Canada. Two apprentice boys in these printing offices were bribed each with a sum of ten pounds by the Government, through the Magistrates, to swear affidavits against the Editors of those papers ; and, on these corrupt and suborned affidavits of young boys, warrant* were issued to arrest O'Callaghan, Duvernay, and Perrault. They, however, with Mr. Papirmeau, and several other gen tlemen, had previously left Montreal, and thus escaped for the present. You will immediately infer that this wide-spread war and persecution of the Government against all the leading influential gentlemen of the district, could not but call up indignation, and a determined spirit of resistance. The people at once saw that the Government aimed at the leaders ; so that, by their destruction, it might time more easily accomplish the destruction of the people at large, and attain by terror those objects which it had been for years endeavouring to accomplish constitutionally in the House of Assembly. The people foresaw that the men who should be committed to prison would only leave it by way of the scaffold. The Government had just bribed the edges—dependent sheriffs were ready to furnish packed Juries. With such a combination against Refbrmers there I was no chance of justice ; so the people determined not to suffer any arrests in the Chambly district. This became apparent only about the 15th of Novem ber. Two gentlemen of' St. John's, a Dr. d'Avignon and a Mr. Diniarmty, bad been arrested at night by a troop of -cavalry. Time prize was so rich, that the Tories were de termined to parade it through the neighbourhood. In stead of returning by time direct road by La Prairie to Montreal, they carted these gentlemen, with ropes round their necks, and irons on their hands and feet, down to Chambly, and thence to Longueil, on their way to Mon treal. The peasantry, having received notice of this cap ture, assembled on the road near Longucil, and called on the cavalry to release their prisoners. This having been re fused, shots were exchanged by both parties, which termi nated in the rescue of time prisoners. Several of the cavalry were wounded, and some of their horses shot. The intelligence of this successful rescue did not tend to allay that spirit of resistance which rears of bad govern ment, and of cruel ill treatment on the part of the autho rities, had so well excited, and so successfully engendered, in the breasts of the people. Mr. Debartzet, who is now Lord Gosford's leader and adviser, was not slow in limning the incipient flames of hostility. To render this intelligible, You must know that the people of St. Charles well knomving Debartzet'a capability for mischief, came to the determina tion of keeling him prisoner at his residence in the country. They were fearful if they permitted him to go to Montreal or Quebec, that his influence with the Governor would be felt throughout the districtin bursts of vengeance, for which he is so famous. Acting from this impulse they retained him some days at his house. Through the interference, however, of some of the leading men of the neighbourhood. they wer e prevailed on to liberate him, and he proceeded forthwith to Quebec to lay his complaints before Lord Gos ford, and to direct time vengeance ortime Government against those men who had been instrumental in procuring for him his freedom. It was after he left for Quebec that Mr. -- arrived at St. Charles, in company w;th some of the " Sons %f Liberty," from Montreal, and becoming acquainted with the indignation generally expressed against Mr. Dehartzet in the neighbourhood, and learning the missienna which he heed gone to Quebec., they came to the determination n of takin g up t h e i r res id ence i n M r. D e b ertzet ' s h o us e , v was carried into effect. Debartzet having seen Lord Gus ford, succeeded in getting a strong party of military to pro ceed front Montreal to dislodge Mr. -- and his party Arom his house and premises. Mr. -- expecting such a move was nat id:e. He with a strong party of the l kighbouring people proceeded to erect an extensive though rough line of' fortifications around the houses. Timis line included on the left of time road some three or four large barns stocked with grain and hay. The military movement on St. Charles was a com bined one. Three hundred soldiers, under the command of Colonel Hughes (Gore ), with two pieces of artillery, Via Sorel, with instructions to march up the river to St. Charl es , to co-operate with four hundred regulars, some attidery, and some cavalry, sent from Montreal, via Lon- Rued and Chambly. to cross the river Richelieu at the lat ter place, and proceed down the river to the points of at tack. It is estimated that the Government had employed 9Ut 800 men in this combined movement. The detach l'werif sent to Sorel (per steam-boat) landed at that place on Wednesday night, the 22d November, at ten o'clock. 2uAed hv a man named Jones, from Sorel they set nut foe' St. Denis, 18 miles above Sorel, and six below St. C harles'. Instead of passing through St. Ours—an inter- Mediat e mil:gage—they took a back road through the Con tessior:s, unkeiown to the people, along the bank of the river, It was net until two or three hours before their ar:'hal at St. Denis, ( en Thursday, the 23d, that Mr.- 7 rece;ved infornettion of tiler expedition. He immediately sent notice to the people of tire vicinity of the threatened q ttilek. There was a warrant, be mr. .7aletotiergdo agains' and several others of the Notables. It %V" forth with deterteined to resist the progress of the troops I:.!qough Denis, well knowing that scarce a man would he le, ',a the vill oge if once the troops got possession o f time place. The tocsin was immediati ly rung, and before the troops arrived, barricades were thrown up at the entrance of' the `', il lage, and between three or four hundred men were col lei tad armed, all intent upon opposing force to force 4 . 4 ". -- thrbwn out some sharpshooters alon g th e fences, withdrew th 3 main body of his men into a large stone Immediately after the battle of St. Charles, Colonel Wetherall !ent forward an express to Montreal demanding a reinforcement from Sir John Colborne. The messenger bear ing Sir John's answer (one of the Cavalry), was intercepted at St. Hilaire, and made prisoner by a body of men who had assembled and threatened the Colonel's re.z. The letter was opened, and Sir John therein told Colonel Wetherall that no assistance could be given him, and that he should make the hest of his way back to Montreal. In pursuance of these instructions (which the patriots po litely communicated to the Colonel after they had read them), the body of troops under his command immediately retreated on Chambly, hurrassed on their tlink by some straggling skirmishers.. From Chambly they proceeded • to St. John's ; they, to the number of about 600 men (in cluding the soldiers in garrison at Chambly and St. John's), embarked on the railroad, earryk,* with them all the stores at those two pots, having, previous to their departure, dis armed all the loyali3!s, into whose hands they had previously placed arms as volunteers. Thus terminated the first campaign on the river Cham bly. The Royal troops invaded that district on the 23d, and evacuated it, of their own accord, as untenable, on the 30th November, after one week's possession. In this short time they lust nigh 100 men, with a quantity of arms, and one piece of artillery, and did not make ary arrest of note. It is possible they may have seized a few peasantry on the road whom curiosity had led to the scene of action, or whom they caught in their houses ; but cer tainly none have been arrested who commanded at these enga-gements. The triumph of the Royal troops, there fore, cannot hut be the more problematical, when it is also considered their . ll4gh . state of discipline, their perfee' cquipmait, and blind ofAienen to orders—contrasted witl the undisciplined force which they had to oppose. POLITICAL MOVEMENTS OF THE CANADIANS. (Flom the Vindicator.) ADDRESS OF TIDE " SONS OF LIBERTY," OF MONTREAL, TO THE YOUNG MEN OE THE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES. BROTHERS-When urgent circunutaneeg in the affairs of a country make it necessary for men to form ttiouseircs into parties or associations, a proper respect for the opiniour of society demands from them an osplicit declaration of the causes which have induced them to nofiniiino, and of the prin ciples which they intend to advance by the power Of their or- We consider that, next to the privilege of acting for himself, man possesses, from the very tiundation of society, that of uniting his energies with tho4e of Ms fellow-Citizens for all purposes of mutual interest or defence, and that, therefore, the right of association is as sacred and inalienable ara th e right of personal liberty. We hold that Governments are in stituted for the benefit, and can pnly exist justly by the consent, of the governed, and wha,tprer may be the artificial changes in human affairs, that a (loyernment of choice is an inherent right of the people. It cannot hp alienated, and consequently may always be asserted and exercised. All Governments being instituted fur the be nefit of a whole people, and not for the honour pr profit of any individual, all pretensions of divine or absolute atitligritY to rule, claimed by or fur any men, or set of men, are bias, phemous and absurd, alike monstrous when inculcated, and de grading when admitted. The authority of a parent state over a colony can exist only during the pieaaure of the colonists ; for the country, being established and settled by tliam, bolt ngs to them of right, and may be separated from all foreign con nection, whenever the ineonveniences resulting from an Exe cutive power, re.iding abroad, eca, , ing to harmonise with a local Legislature, makes such a step necessary to the inhabi tants for tho protection of life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness. The Young Mens' Ass wiation of Montreal, adopting the title of " The Sons of Liberty," is not intended to be a pri vate cabal, or secrtt junto, but an active democratic body, comprising ail young men in the city patriotically alive to the interests of their county, whatever may be their creed, coun try, or the nation of their ancestors, The causes which demand, at the present juncture, from all, but more especially from young men, coming forward into active life; a heroic devotion to their country's cause, are ma nifold and imposing. At the cession of this province in 1763, with a view to con solidate British power on the b inks of the St. Lawrence, cer tain rights of property, religion, and government were guaran teed to the Canadians, and afterwards more fully confirmed in 17.74, when the approaching noble revolt of the American States rendered concessions to the new subjects of the em pire extremely politic. The brilliant success of those States, and the overwhelming movement of the revolution in France, having made England tremble for the safety of her remaining American possessions, she passed, in 1791, the Act called the " Constitutional Act," which divided Upper from Lower Canada, and established a R epresentat i ve A ssem bl y i n eac h. In 1612 conciliation was again rendered necessary by the de claration of war with the United States. These times of danger have been the seasons of seeming justice to Canada, while the intervening and succeeding p et i u d s f urn i s h b ut one l ong his tory of repeated injuries, atrocities, usurpations, and wrongs. Thus we have seen British rulers, with a cowardice and a per fidy unworthy of the representatives of a powerful nation, eon tinuing to allure the peopl e o f C ana d a, b y deceptive promises, in times of pressing necessity, and when the emergency had passed, resorting to every unwarrantable expedient to defer or avoid the fulfilment of their solemn engagements. After seventy-gt;ven years of British rule we behold our country miserable, compirod with the prosperous republics who wisely threw off the yoke a monnrchy. We feel that our population is equal in capacity to theirs, WC see emi beyond . seas, of the same class, wretched If they grants from emain here, happy if . they join the great democratic family ; and we have d lily evidences chat Ayr ill fortunes are attribu table to the desolating action . of a Colonial Government. A pretended protection I:a . s withered our energies. it has pre, serve d ;41 t,h!it was lied . th-our ancient institutions or unfitted to • , nroent g i aso ;„qelety, thwarted the free operation of all the, that. wa ;:-Aod,. , and tratiu.ll4 by restraints every measure of reform or moen6rafiod. Wiiihit every township through ou t t h e i mmense territory a our neighbours is happily governed by it s own f ree d emocrat which is thereby y, p.sinea,, from its youth up wa rd s , to political knowledge, self-reliance, an,d enpr . getic action, we a re cram p e d and controlled by a Govefnmeitt m whist' the keople have no TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANITARY 3, iB3B, were true, it must -be ponderous. There is one man to be aura chaigel pith murder, but he is an Orangeman, and his ,ietim was a Cathoiie There are too, it is true, several men in prison charged with administering illegal oaths, but---they too are Orangemen, and Orangemen of whom it is sworn, that they went to the houses of peaceable and unoffending Ca. tholics, and representing themselves as Ribbonmen, attempted to force them to take an oath against working for any Pro. ',slant! If after this the Tory Press insist upon charging Sligo with being disturbed, they must be content thtt the v i hosc organs they tire shall bear the Name. Lord Haden, or tb' Gallant Cofm,el who represents this,county in Parliament, will scareely quote these cases in their next cata. logue of crirnes, Ma. O'CONNP.LL—Mr. O'Connell is nearly recovered from his late indisposition. He is up, though his medical advisors will not for a day or two permit hint to leave his chamber. no was to have been present this day at a meet in; of one of the Metropolitan parishes, but was unable to at. tend. On — the 11th he will preside at a charity dinner; and on the I lth he will attend the dinner tas the members for the city and county of Dublin. LEVEE ANP DRAWING-ROoM.—The Levee and Drawing , room at the Castle will be held on the 1 i'th and 18th inst., whirls is earlier thanwas originally desigued, The alteration has been made in consequence of the earlier period which Parlisment is to assemble. The Countess of Mulgrave's month of st , tsndance having terminated, she will return to Duldin in the mean time. REFORM BalloPET.—The entertainment about to he given to the Members for Dublin county and city will be got up in a style of splendour to which we have been little accustomed in such affairs. The Theatre Royal is engaged for the occa sion, and the pit will be boarded over to meet the stage, so that between six and seven hundred persons can be accommo dated. The Earl ofCharlemont, the son of the Commander of the Volunteers, Will preside, and the Stewards include all the eminent merchants in the city whose politics are of a Li beral cast. William Murphy, John Power, Peter Purcell, Leland Crosthwaite, and John O'Neill are most un-aristo cratically sounding names; but yet they represent more wealth than the whole of the bigoted and beggarly Corporation of Dublin, from the Lord Mayor down to Davy M'Leary, the eccentric Mace-bearer and city orator. The tickets are 11. los. 6d. each, but nevertheless a sale of as many as can be issued, with proper regard to the space and accommoda tion that can be provided, is quite certain. TORY SHABHINESS.—The Tory Member for Sligo, Mr. Cooper, has not 3et paid his election expsnses. The fact was stated some time ago in a country paper, and it was afterwards attempted to justify it, on the pretence that he feared a peti tion, and did not wish to run the risk of any charge of bribery being brought against him. Messrs. Somers and Jones, how. ever, the Liberal Member for the bsrough and Liberal candi date for the county, hsve paid theirs, though one of them had equally an opportunity of pleading the flimsy excuse. CORPORATE REFORM.—THR BALLOT._TIIiS day a meet ing tla , ; held in St. Paul's parish in this city for the purp ose of petiti on i ng t h e L eg i s l ature for Muaicipal Reform, Vote by Ballot, Abolition of Tithes, and extension of the Suffrage, by the repeal of the clause of the Reform Bill making the pay ment of the municipal rites in towns and eiAes a necessary step to the exercise of the Suffrags. The Chsir was taken by Mr. Bermingham. Resointions in favour of those different mea sures, and petitions founded on them were adopted. There were also votes of con Vence in Lord Mulgrave and Mr. O'Connell. The meeting was pretty numerously attended. THE TITIII `VAR.—The Rev. Thomas Newenham having ohtaine.l tiSty decrees against his parishioners in the garish of Kilworth, county Cork, spent Thursday and Friday last in en deavouring to make seizures. Eighteen sheep, the property of an orphan boy, and some goats and a horse, belonging to others of his flock, were the proceeds of the expedition. A crowd having collected. the Rey. Gentleman, with his atten dants, two "rebellion ruffians," and three bailiffs, made a speedy retreat with their prey, with the exception of a horse which was rescued. A Legistitive Council, the members of which are nomi nat-d by authorities ignorant of the country, residing 3 000 miles off, composed mostly of per, ons w h o d o not sympathise with the country, still exists as an impotent screen beto - ecn the go% croon aad the governed, and nullifies all attempts at us. ful I..gislation. An Executive Council, nominated in the same manner, whose influence has poisoned the mind of each succeeding Governor, remains unchanged, to protect the cu ' mutation of office and abuses that are connected with every pubic deprtm Tr. A Governor, alike ignorant with his pre decessors, and who has become, like each of them,, an official partisan, conducts the Gov. r.iment for the benefit of the few, either unmindful of, or determit elly opposed to, the prospe rity of the many. Our grievances have been faithfully and repeatedly urged upon the King ar.d Parliatnent of the United Kingdom, by the resolutions of primary assemblies, by our representatives in Parliament assembled, and by the humble petitions of the whole people. We have remonstrated with all the power of argument, and all the moral force of truth. No remedies have been extended; and at last, when the tyranny of those entrusted with power in the province has increased insufferably from continued impunity, advantage is taken by an ungenerous European state of a time of general peace to coerce us into a connivance or approval of our own debasement, by a threat to seize upon our public revenues with a hand of force, in de fiance of natural right, and of every principle of law, policy, or justice. ihe present degraded position of our country being the re sult of three quarters of a century of warm dcvotiun to Bri tish connection, and. of mistaken reliance upon British honour, it would be slavish and criminal to confine our resistance here after to simple remonstrances. The wicked designs of British authorities have severed all tics of sympathy for an unfeeling mother country. A separation has commenced between parties, which will never be cement, d, but which will go on increas ing, until one of tlinse sudden, those unforeseen events that attend the march of time affords us a fit opportunity for as suming our rank among the independent sovereignties or America. Two splendid opportunities have been lost--let us not be unprepared for the third. A glo:ivus destiny awaits the young men of these colonies. Our fathers have passed a long life of vexation, in daily struggle against every degree of despotism. As they pass frnrn the world they leave an inheritance int:noved by their patriotic sacrifices To us they commit the noble duty of cerr3ing onward their proud designs, which in our day must disfranchise our beloved country from all human authority, ex cept that of the bold democracy residing within its bosom. With such an invigorating prospect spreading before us, with such a high responsibility resting upon us, it becomes our imperative duty, laying aside the gay frivolities of youth, to betake ourselves to the serious consideration of our country's politics, li-r wants and h r resources ; to increase In r wealth by encouraging her manufactures and her produce; and to preserve her strength by discontinuing the consumption of ar ticles brought from beyond sea ; but, above ali, to accir torn ourselves to con tent sacrifices, and so to curtail our per sonal expenses, by avoiding excess or superfluity, that we may treasure means for supporting each other in the struggle fur life and liberty in which we must sooner later be engaged, when the day of glory arches that will see us emerge frorn a long (link bondage to the splendour of light and freedom. Wherefore, we, the officers and Managing Committee of the Association of the " Sons of Liberty" in Montreal, in our own names, and on behalf of those whom we represent, Ploage . ourselves to our abused country, and to each other, that we will devote all our energies and be prepared to ac' as circumstances nay demand, in order to procure for this province a reformed system of Government, based upon the electiyo principle a responsible executive ; the oolitroul 11 the representative branch of the Legislature of all public revenues, from what. ever source derived; the repeal of all laws and charters passed by foreign authority encroaching upo n th e r i ghts of the peiplo ;:std their representatives, especially thaw relati ng t o t h e pro perty and teneros or fa t ed,wi.pthey bel ong i ng to the public or thergßilnl to individuals t; an improved syst e m o f se l l i ng public lands, whereby those who wish to becom e ac t ua l settlers ay h e a bl e to do so at a small expense i the sboli t i o ,, of t i fi4 1 , 1 4 i rrespons ibility o f other, and an equality, b efore the law, for all crosses, without distinction of origin; language, or religion ; and depending on God, and string in our right, we hereby invite the young men of these provinces to f orm as , §ociations. in their several localiti es f or the attainment of g(w d, eheap, „, 14 , 511 6b1r, Government, and for the security, defence, and extension of our common liberties. Andre Ouimet, President F. Tavernier, J. L. Beaudry, V. pro. Joseph Duf aut , igieph Jottril J. G. tusnar;au, Treffo, pap! Martin, G. H. E. Theriot, Rec. Sec. P. G. Damour, G. Boucherville, Cor. Sec. Henry Lacaille, F. Tulloch, Assii. Cur. Sec. Pierre Larcencur, J. g, Niornifit, N, Toussaint Derpera, Nareisae Valois, Narciese Lafreniife, Carron, Pierre Grenier, H. A. Gauvin, Louis Dumais, Andre Lacroix, Joseph Lettore, L. C. Perrault, L. P. Betvle, Chamilly tie Lorirnier, Rerni Coursell es, Norbert Larochele, Casimir Arcouct, Andre Giguiero, Amiable Simard, Louis Barre, J. 13, Label, Simon Crevier, Andre Lapierr o , Joe. Gaudry, James Finny, J. B. Brien, Louis Lebepu, A. B. Papinoau, Thomas Barbo Rodolph Desrivieres, Montreal, October 4, 1837, IRELAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DMILIN, JAN. 1. I THE REGISTRIES IN TRELAND,_The registries are mo nopol-zing public attention throughout the country. The value of, success there is beginning to be properly ap preciated, and, accor di ng l y , at every Quarter Sessions, the opposing p ar ti es h ave b een zealous and vigilant. The success on the whole is decided with the Liberals, though in one or two counties the activity and tact of the Tory party have succeeded in achieving a tempnrary vic tory. At Clonmel, the Tipperary Liberals registered twenty-one, while the Tories only succeeded in placing two upon the list. Again, in Carlow county, the Liberals regis tered double the number registered by their opponents—the r,lative numbers, however, being only ten and five. In the borough of Carlow little was done, only six being admitted to the franchise—four of whom, however, were Reformers, In Sligo, too, the majority was with the Reformers ; but in Cavan and Kildare they permitted themselves to be shamefully worsted. From other parts of the country returns are daily expected, whic4 it is confidently hoped, will be of the same favourable character as the majority of the above. STATE O F TIM COUNTR Y. --6L100.--.A conspiracy h as l on g Lem in active operation to m:s:Tpr sent the state of this coun ty, the frequent able exposiarcs of which has had no effect in checking its progress, though it is to be hoped they have for tified the public mind in England against its effects. Every day brings foal' some new fabrication, which fills the public eye and ear till the humbug is exposed, and then the industrious Orange journalists here, have ready some new atrocity to be %vonderedftf, exposed, scouter} hut ypt pc..quotecl an d fcpully dwelt I upon, n its tto'n. The county 4ligo was for a considerable time the' very paiadise of the state-of-the -country para• graphers, The wonder-working sword of Harlequin never acNeveif grcoter miracles for the delight of the holiday Masters and 111issrs than thpe gcqtlettieq perftlrmpel in ttli favoured ground for the amusement of the Tories. Pclo cow could die in peace, but her death tryst be tacked to a' the of Whiieloy afrcression, or rather " Ribbon" outrage, since the Standard 1?,-"'N br'otight the tattex phrase into tbshion. Well, how stands the matter now ? A glance- at their calendar would be the fittest reply. We have reason to know that at worst it is not unusually heavy, though if half the lung talcs voice, whose influence tends to the corruption of public sin ue, the depression of enterprise, asid the annihilation of every generous impulse or exalted aspiration for the advancement of the country's greatness. Hosts of officers, appointed without consent of the people, to whom they are too frequently obnoxious and never responsible, and holding commissions during the pleasure of an irrespon sible executive. are placed in authority over us, with salaries enormously disproportioned both to our means , and their ser vices, whereby office is made a miens of family or Personal aggiandisement, instead of being suited to the resources and wawa of the people. The trial by jury, which we have been taught to look upon as the palladium of our liberties, is made a vain Motion, or instrument of despotism, inasmuch as sheriffs, creatures of the executive, upon which they depend daily fur a continuance In an office to which vast emoluments are attached, can Select and summon such jurors as they please. and thereby become themselves the arbiters in state prosecutions instituted against the people by their oppressors. Immense funds, bestowed by a provident Government, or by generous individuals, on the late order of the Jesuits, for pur k _oses of education, have been diverted from this commend able object, and made an instrument of corruption fur the reward of useless or reprehensible officials, while the children of the province, deprived of the funds provided for their in struction, have grown up without the benefit of school eduea tion, to be now taunted with want of learning. Our public lands, defended during two woes by th e b ravery of the inhabit an t s o f th e country , and t rendered valuable by the toil that has opened roads, and extended settlements back to the wilderness, have been sold nr bestowed in contempt of our remonstrances, to a company, of speculators living beyond the sea, or partitioned out among official parasites, who have, from motives of interest, combined as a faction to support a cor rupt government, inimical to the rights, and opposed to the wishes of the people, whilst our fathers, our relations, and cur brothel colonists, are refused or are unable to procure wild land on which to settle. Laws affecting the tenure of lands, inapplicable to the con dition of the country, and injurious in their operation, have been forced upon us by a foreign Parliament, which, in order to favour private and sinister interests, has usurped a power of internal legislation that appertains alone to the Legislature of this province. Regulations for the trade of the country, adopted by a fo reign Parliament, are enforced without our consent. We are thus confined to certain markets, and are deprived of the po.ver of extending our commerce to all parts of the world when the markets of Biitain are unfavourable to our pi - educe, whereby our commareial enterprise is crippled and paralyzed. The representatinn of the country has been made a solemn mockery. A corrupt executive has constantly sought to render our House of Assembly an instrument to decide unalterably the slavery of its constituents, and, failing in this wicked &sign, has rendered its action nugatory by frequent prom gations and dissolutions, and by reusing as assent to lairs useful to the people, and passed unanimously by their repro- Ee:ltativeg. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. _s a portion of the readers of the True Sun —now no more —may we be allowed to express our sentiments and hopes (in which we are sure we shall be fully supported by most, if not all, the readers of the late and the present paper), as to what is desired and looked for on the substitution of the one for the other. Even a partial eclipse of that bright luminary of the press would have been regarded as an event of much importance by those whose energies have heretofore been zealously devoted to the full solution of the motions and laws regulating the motions of thoie heavenly bodies which compose our political system ; but the total extinction of the ?rue Sun is as event which has proved a complete poser, and, like a thick fog, has damped the ardour of the mind, and made us anticipate the necessity of being Obliged to pack up our instruments of observation till "a f a . vourable opportunity." But triflin g aside. We can assure you, Mr. Editor, that the tvithdrawal of the Tree Sun has caused much anxiety, regret, and dis.cussion, amongst those who were in the habit of reading that journal which ti now incorporated with roues, We hope to find the incorporation perfect, and th at we shall have no just reason to sorrow for its loss. We hope to find the same talent, vigour, and manly spisit_ the same fearless and uneomprenthing advocacy of the people's rights—the readim Si to expose and clieck every abuse—and the seine display of firm principle which so emiaently chayaeterised the articles of. the True Sun re-echoed with all the might and power of a liberal mind in your columns. But whilst we express our hopes, let it not be considered that our " fears are father to the thought ;" no, it is not sa but the withdrawal of that paper, so long adtrired fee its ex cellent spirit, is a matter of much importance at the present moment ; and, we are sure you will ho ready to admit, one of paramount imp°, lance, if no sueeessor shall be found to match it in ability. The affairs of this great kingdom having now Nached such an cvertful et iis that a bl ow struch iu eri,4 would cause suc h c a crashing ruin as would shake the very foundations of social law, and entail hopeless misery on every degree of soolcty, from the peasant to the Peer—how necessary is it, ;lien, that l e ? some independent j ourna l should take its steraii as the beacon t.; and guide to those who wish their eauntry well, a n d w h o„ whilst fully determi ne d on thele eights would not raslilu theow the vastly intricat,e 14;4ehintry into confusion? • W B e hope that y ou w i ll erect that Pharos, to guide those who arc inexperienced, but who h ave, notwithstanding their 2 want of knowled ge , a duty to complete, and a perilous. vo y a g e to undertake, Xr We 8 hope to see you advise.! the citiz en , and Dersents in the - middle statioa of life, 'who have to earn their bread honestly, how to remove those impedimente, ttlitch, like the fragments of a blaQted ro c k, now ebe .. eiket their way—advise them alight, § an d censure tlit4 deviation front the proper course ; and when t h o ;lay shall come (and most assuredly it will come), when corruption shall b e talked of a,s a thing gone by, and e qua l and just lees, a n d f ree end unfettered representation shall "race this land, Taa Siin shall be found to have been sme of th e iteerutiaents in the direction of the march of naiad, which shall produce these glorious results, and, like the glorious light of the summer, be aekneeledwel by all men as a type of that Eternal Truth whiell tie shall cease to exist—e , Aide toi, et le l'aidera." ;In.— WO arQ, Sir, t'our's respectfully, SOME OLD R HADEIiS OF THE LATE, AND PRESENT READERS OF YOUR JOURNAL. Limehouse, Jan, 1, 183t3, Tho H „r 4101, Captain Curzon, private Secretary to tluoett Adelaide, is to have a suite of apartments in Marlbo rough House. Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Thatched House Tavern, Lower Road, Islington, before Mr. Stirling, and a respeetabe jury, on v iew of the body of Francis Davey. aged 14, who committed suicide by hanging himself under the following circumstances:--Mr. Robert Davey, of No. 14, Lower Road Islington, deposed that the deceased was his brother, and had lived with witness for the last ten months; lately the lad had been in a very depressed state of mind, for witnesa was unable to assign any cause. On Sunday witness and his family spent the day out, leaving the deceased In charge of the premises; on witness's return, about twelve o'clock at night, he was unable to obtain entrance for s,me considerable time ; at length a lodger opened the door, when witness inquired respecting the deceased, and was told that he had not been seen since 3 o'clock in the afternoon. On search being made, the u n f ortunate lad was discovered hanging to an iron beam in the shop by a cord; he was instantly cut down, and Mr. Martin, the surgeon who attended, pronounced life to have been extinct some hours,-...Verdict, Temporary mental dera ngernent. Last week, at Little Torrington, three children of a poor man, named Burch, their ages from two to five years, were taken alarmingly ill. One died the day after, and the other two the day following that, A Coroner's Inquest was held on tho , bodies, before H. A. Vollack, Esq. ; and there b.:ing no evidence to show that the extraordinary fatality was occasioned by other than natural means, the Jury gave a ver dict ” Died by the visitation of God." They were buried in one coffin —Bristol Mercury, On Thursday se'nniuht a serious accident happened on the works of the Great Western Railraad, near this city, owing to excessive carelessness in the use of gunpowder. It appears that one of the men had just brought a fresh supply of gunpowder for blasting the rock, and had deposited a con siderable quantity in his cap, which he placed near to the candle used in the blasting. One of the men in passing acci dentally kicked down the candle, which communicated with the powder, an explosion took place, and the five following per sons were more or less severely bm'nt, viz. :—John Ilosgood. and 'William Wyßtt, dangerously; James Wyatt, John Ald ridge, and Thomas Bolt. The unfortunate sufferers were conveyed to the Infirmary.—Bristol Afirror. A malt named William a weaver, was on Monday committed to Lancashire Gaol, charged with the wilful murder of a female of the name of Alinshull, the daughter of Thomas Higginson, of the Legh's Arms Public house, Warrington, who was found dead in the privy, on the morning of the Bth inst. Dr. Vimont, a celehrated phrenologist, has disco vered a new crg4n—that of mairiage! which he locates on either side of the organ of philoprogenitiveness, upon which it somewhat encroaches. On Christmas-day, as a female guard (the gaoler's servant) of the Tipperary Brider.ell sans in the act a admi higering to the oqh.trclrts of the inmates some bread and milk, one tlay.tug fellow took the fair one by the waist, lodged her in a cell, and having put her safety under lock and key, in o ceeded to release his c•ornpatilons in durance vile, consisting of fore notorious offenders, who had been lately committed for having bnrglariously entered the house 4,1 a farmer of th t vi cinity; the alarm was instantly given, when Constable Mul holland with a party lost no time in makin; a diligent search, which : however, proved nnsuacessful.-4interie4 Sky. a ::.! - . COTTON TRADE. REVIEW OF THE COTTON TRADE OF THE PAST YEAR. ' , airliner., 30th DECEMBER, 1837. The year which Is about to terminate has been one of the most re markable in the annals of the Cotton bus ness, and furnishes snore than ordinary topics for observation. The stimulus which had bsen imparted derine the first months of last yar Ls every branch of indlatry, through t un we facility of me. silt (aid to none more than tl . O caftan trade), hsd rt et iced a salutary check beteg the Close, one of the consequeoces of whirls had been a g a. dual fa'l in prices, and a larger sleek in the Poi t then had been colitis dently predicted, at an earlier period. Still, anwever, the quantity on hand, being little more than ten weeks' consumption, could scarcely be deemed cxeeedive, a fantewhich; coupled with the glowing demand fir the article for the manufactories of this and other countries, seemed to jUstify an opinion that the then prices would be sustained in the face even of an abundant crop. But whatever variety of effect might have been anticipated flum this or other causes, the most sagacious did not pretend to foresee the disastrous state of things which a few mantis were destined to diselose. Before the end of January, the import 'awe to produce a Sensible impression upon the market ; In the three following maths It continued to gain an increased ratio upon that of the year beft.re, whilst the accu mulation of steek Was still esiora strike/se has hie rather more than doubled by the end of May. Doting the whole of this period, prices had been uniformly d.clining, and though a speculative demand necasioa ally enlyened the market, it was too transient in its effects to r estore confidence, or to arrest the downward movement of knees . The trade bought sparingly, less, however; from motives oftrtidenca than of neces. sity, and the means of many considerable consumers were further es ip pled by their having been large importers on their owe account. ' The market at length settled down to its lowest point about the middle ofJune, from which time to the end of July it remained in the most hopeless state of depression ; fair qualities of Upliael had fallen front 10d. to 6d. per lb. Penanibueo from 12d to 8/el per lb., and Sum trout 51d. to 4d. per lb., and the stock had swellea to 40;1,400 bags, an increase of 150,500 bags upon the corrrepondiree time of the prece. ding year. Those who remember former periods of glut in 1827 and 1828, when prices were fully as high, and the quantity on hand considerably greater than in July last, with a cimninaption of little more than oue.half, will readily admit that the circumstances of the stock alone were wholly insufficient to explain so serious a fall. But whatever may have been due to this cause, it is obvious that the embarrassed state of commercial credit was the main instrument in bringing about suet' serious reunite. It is beyond the scope of a publication like this to trace the financial difficulties to their source, and - tfieir immediate eßcee are 100 fresh in the recollection of every one to require mess particular nolica Their influence was felt with -- mere- or . loss Intensity for many mes, aid their action upon Cotton was, eerhaps, diseroeertionably sovee, being the article, amidst the genet al dulness, which, frqnt OArtne43 or the payment, and its comparative facility of Mie s i'Veented the readiest means of meeting the pressing wants of t 4 slay, It soon began to be perceived, however, that the evil would work its own cure, and that the iMpodlments which were thrown in the way of negotiating bills would operate its a vet y seasonable chock upon the shipments in the autumn. Upon these grounds, law seeetinstions were entered into, which at once gave great atesstlisteea to the market. The amendment, howeve r, was very greaual, and no material advance took place until the simundruitseett these views was within - sea by time failing eft in the invert. From the }Gwen point in June to the Cos., of the market yesterday, the advance has been on fair qualities of Amer: lien 2 4d , and of Brazil, Egyptian and East India 1 1,4 d. per lie Subjoined will be found the tabular statements r f import and stock, by which it will be seen that the /Weiner is pretty nearly the same as that of last year, whilst the haler Is considerably less. It will be observed, also, that there is rather more discrepancy than of leis. years (though a very unimportant one) between the estimate I and the asee.estined steels, a variation which may be accounted fir by the impoit s up to the latest moment-being included in the latter. The cansumption, in spite of partial interruptiolie fftial disputes with the oeerettees in Preston and Glasgow, and the still more serious drawback?. a/4 4u out of the su Tea sion of demand for goods for the United States during a large portion of the year, has continued to inereitee, having now rent:sect, according to the most accurate estimate which can be made, 2 0,79.'e nags per week, being 934 bags per weekmore than last year. Some opinion will be expected as to the prospects for the future:— the history of this eventful Yen has shown haw extremely fallacious calculations maybe, which are based on the simple questions ofdemand and supply ; but the financial arrangements between the States and this country being now placed; as it is hoped, upon a more secure footing, disturbing causes such as have been eeeently experienced, may be safely exe.uded from consicleratiesn, The quantity in the hands of the trade is unquestionably greeter than it was at the same time last year, the diffe rence being weinaps, at a rough estimate, equal to the difference of the stock je the port at the two periods. All accounts concur in a favour able report of the new crop, the shipment of which, front the ceuses al. ready alluded to, has been much retarded; au unusually large balence also of the old crop, from the same causes, remains in the hands of the planters and others, which will come forward simultaneously, and will no doubt contrib ute t o swell the import of the first few n.oliths. On the other hand, the consulotttio,n Is on the increase, not only in this, but in every country in t'airupe; and even should the stock accumulate during the full title of import, so as to cause tempter-say inconvenience, it is not probable that the depression will be either serious or of tong duration, from tnecinviction which %meld 'rem to be gaining ground, that the supplies from all qeartars, are not likely to be more than adequate to the rapidly increasing wants of the country. 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I Z 1 SI t' $ 4 1 ., 2:tl 1 'A) .14 e. C; = I o s.,:s g . 5 1 3 Cr , i l E 8 ES *l4 I 1 . d . c ., I c i DI s 6, t; t-L ... 7: p . . 7 ' 2 .. i.p . 7,..: r."--• ~.) A. ~,, , . . 0 Ci, 'Ol 1 t4,7.8-6-,5 5 .... ......„ ...... a ' it. l , t , ,! 1 — c.: 72 ~.• o—— 63 7 ~ • E s u. -4--.,c— . O . I J . ..........--- _ Count Knockerinoff left Grilion's Hotel yeatcrday, on a visit to Count Anatole Domidoff Paris. The Count purchased several !wises that belonged to the late King's stud. Hyde Park yesteremv, from two till four, p.m., Was very gay, qAjf.g. to the extreme finenes of the weather, 41110(11.'' the equipa g . es i n the drive were these of the Duchess of Marlborough and Countess Sutherland, the Russian Ambas sador, &c, il,*7/ WINDSOR, JAN. 2.—The Queen rode out on lu t day in the Great Park, attended by most of the including Viscount Torrington, the Hon. W. Cutiv Hon. Col. Cavendi s h, an d t h e Hon. Co!. Grey. icti,FA. Steward and the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland Her Majesty did not attend the service in St. G, orgeTEEoe, on Sunday evening; neither did her Majesty take her ICCUS. towed airing yesterday. The Duke and Duchess cf . Cdrnbri..4o, Prince G4orge 434 the Princesses Augus'a end Mary of Cambridge, ottetoo.l Mks Kerr, left Cambridge Rouse, Piccadilly, at hftitlast nine o'clock yesterday morning, with their Mite, in three eits riages and four. for St- Leonard's-on-Sea, Lord John Russell arrived in town yostereity alinOon from Brighton. M de Hummeltuer, Austrian Charge &Ankh% had VI interview with Viscount Methyme yesterday Dowohtit. street. Lord Holland had a tl interthm with Lt- - 44 Cile4Q'g pater 4 day At the Colonial We. Sir Samuel ‘Vballey ireitsinkett business setiterr',„yattto Home Of&: The MarolllonO9 of Lansdowne and Easy Lati•sa Fitz ranttrice left town on Saturday, for Btiwb o d Park, Wilts. Dispatches were sent off latl,t,.„i„ g from Colonial Office for Sir John Fr4nklin, Glivernor or Nate South Wales. 'ASHIONAIIIE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lard Fitzroy Somerset, in Great Stanhope-strefq, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, at riadminton ; Lord John Russell, in Wilton -crescent, from Rrighton ' • Lady Cou:ts Trotter, in Grosvenor-square, frorn Ler seat, Rambury Manor; Viscount Palmerston, in Great Stanhope -street, from his scat, Broadlands, Ron4ey ; the Right Hon. Thomas Suring Rice, in Mansfield -street, from Castle Ashby, North ampton ; Lord 4.106 Browne, in Mansfield -street, from Paris. DEPARTURES. Lewd Macdonald, from Mivart's Hotel, for Melton Mow bray ; the Rev. Jahn and Mrs. Peel, from auto, for their seat, Warsley Hail, Stourport ; the Hon. Captain Ryder Burton, R. N., from Regent's Park, for the Continent ; Cap ta,;ll. Manning, from Mi vart ' s H ote l , for Dorsetshire; Mr. A. S. Douglas, front ditto, for Hastings; Captain Stephenson, from ditto, for his seat, Elm Lodge, Buseldon, near South ampton; the Earl and Countess of Albemarle, from Berkeley square, for Windsor ; Lord Earnest Bruce, from Curzon, street, fur Yorkshire ; Sir Alexander Duff, for the Continen; the lion. Mr. Graves, for Paris; Viscount Canterbury, fvorn Bond -street, for lsoulogne ; Lord Charles Fitzroy, from Burlington House, •for Winisor. The Ea.-1 and Connte.ss ofCHANGES. Cork, at Bath, from their sat, Marston Hr se, rr.nric ; L ot do and Lady R. Grosvenor, e at Le:lining-coo Son, from a visit to the itlarquis and 111archioness of Westritin , ter, at Eato n 11311, Cheshire ; Lord Ward, at Himley Hall, near Dudley, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of War Nick, at Warwick Castle ; Earl of Fingal, at Kiiicen his' at, in the county Meath, from Dublin ; .lie Hon Frede:lck Shaw, AL P , at Dublin, from Lanca shire ; Lord and Lady Kinnaird, at Cl a yd on H ouse, Bucks, Bucks. fr om Canrord House, Dorset ; Sir Augustus D'Este, at Bath, from Cheltenham ; Sir John Colquhuan, at Lea mington Spa, from his seat in Scotland ; Lady Caroline Necid, from Warrick Castle, for the Earl of S'aaftesbury's, in Dorsetslaire. s r I , ' ~r~l i Y ` ~ ~~ 0 ~~1~~~ UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. PILEFEIZMENTS, SCC. The Rev. Henry Edmund Preston, to the Rectory of Tlts burgh, Norfolk, on the presentation of Isaac Preston, EN., Recorder of Norwich. The Rev*. W. Wilkinson, to the Vi carage of Glentham. Lincolnshire. Patrons, Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The Rev. Edward Pollard, B. A., to the Rect ory o f Eve don, Lincolnshir e . P atron, the Earl. of Winehilsea and Nottingham. The Rev. Walter Davies, Rector of Manafon, Mo.,tgo merysliire, to the Vicarage of Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant, Denbighshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Samuel Steele. Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The Rev. Daniel Hughes, perpetual Curate of Llandisilio, near Llangollen, Denbighshire, to the Rectory of Mansion. Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The Rev. John Smith, to the perpetual curacy of Wel combe, Devon, 'vacant by the resignation of the Rev. William Chanter. Patron, 1.401 a Clinton, The Rev. EdTvard PaulkAier, M.A., to be the chaplain .to Berkle)'s Worcester. The P...ty. lames Ford, M. A., to the vicarage of C St. Nteholr.N, Sornersotshire. P a t r on, the Very RM ombo the Dean of Wells. The Rev. .1. Cwrie. to the perpetual curacy of Berrowdale, Cumberland. Patron, the Vica r of C rosst l iwa i te. I-ion. and Rev. H. Pe.ll.lm, to the living of l3urghapton. The 1:.(v. C." Cole, curate of Long Sutton, to tRI3 incum bency of Peterhead. Sc:r;lanti. The Rev. W. Sinelai-, M. A., has haen elected by the trustees to the new church of St. George's, Leeds. We hear it is the intention of- her Majesty to pro mote the union of the higher classes by frequent drawing_ rooms, as well as by a succession of entertainments. On Or Majesty's return from the Castle, she will re-visit the two Metropolitan Theatres, and likewise the Opera Bufht, and the Philharmonic Concerts, where a Box will be fitt.d up with great splendour purposely for her reception. Viscount. Torrington left Park-street on Friday, to resum e at Windsor Castle his duties as Lord in Waiting on her Majesty. The salaries of the-eight Lords in Waiting are to be reduced from 8,424/. to 5,616/. on the recommendation of the Select Committee on the Civil List. The Earl of Plymouth is entertaining a arty nt the splendid hu n ti ng - seat f ormerly occupied by th: la'e Earl, at Molten Mowbr ay. Count Ludoif entertained Prince Gagarin, Jun., and a distinguished party at dinner, last evening, in Glouces ter-place. Lord Suffield is entertaining a gay party at Gun ton Ilan, Norfolk. Lord' George Bentinek, Col. Peel, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. George Anson, the Dowager Lady Suf field, ar3 atuont the guests. A Subaftern officer is henceforth to command her Majesty's travelliyg escort between Windsor and London. M. Arehdall, Esq., M.P., has lost the sight of one of Lis eyes by an attack of opthalmia. The other eye, for which scrious apprehensions were entertained, is out of danger. Lou! Erskine, the British Minister at the Court of B,:varia, while on his return from Munich to London, was de tained for a week at Vesoul by severe illness ; but on the 24th ult. was sufficiently recovered to continue his journey.—Galig nani's Messenger. The Hon. Sir Alexander l)tiff, Lady Duff, and family, have arrived at the Hotel de l'Europe, Rue de Rivoli, for the winter. Mr. Duff, M. P., has also arrived at the same hotel for the recess. We understand that the brigade of Guards to he sent out to Canada is to be composed of 3 Gunn. men who ha ve been in the servic e un d er seven years, and b that both the officers ani soldiers are well pleased at the prospect of seeing a little active service. The Pope has forbitid?it infant schools within the Papal States. The members of the Stafford Reform Association will hold their anniversary dinner on the 10th inst. The Liberal counts and borough Members will be present, and many other influential g entlemen of th e county. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, LorJ and Lady Ilatherton, and the Hon. Misses Littleton, have ar rived at Rome from Nice, to pass the - wit:tar. Miss Rower is studying the part of Ophelia, which she is to play to Mr. Dean's Hamlet on Monday next. Tire OPERA BUFFA.—Last night the Lyceum re-opened with Un' Aventura di Searamuecia in which Ma demoiselle Scheroni made her second appearance in the cha racter of Sandrina. She was in better voice than on the evening of her debut, and acted with considerable spirit. The pretty trio in the first act, sung by her, Catone, and Bellini, was encored; but the audience seemed to be.in a cold mood, and allowed Miss Wyndham's elegant air, " Or d'Elena son invaghito," to pass without an encore, which it well deserved. It is now full time that we had some of the fine things pro mised when the theatre opened. ST. JANIES'S THEATRE.—On Wednesday evening a new piece will be produced, entitled The Culprit, in which Mr. Harley and Mrs. Stirling will perform. Mr. O'Connell's illness is a severe sore throat, but withnut any alarmine symptoms. The Hon. William Ashley, Treasurer to her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager, will have the apartments now pre paring in St. James's Palace formerly occupied by Lady Barnard. Lord Besborough and Lady Barbara Ponsonby have left Portland-place for Brighton. The Venerable Peer, who will attain his 80th year on the 24th inst., is in the enjoyment of good health. Hobert Owen has been making a tour in Germany, and proposing sundry of his philanthropic schemes to the Austrian and Prussian Governments. Earl Howe's sou lately met with an accident whilst he was romping with a playmate at school, and accidentally received a severe cut with a knife immediately over one eye, the sight of which it is feared is permanently injured, if not til t gether lost. John Henry Lowther, Esq., ALP., has visited his constituents at York during the past week. Lou] Chestelfield, Lord Belfast, Lord Castlereagh, Lord A. Fitzclarcnce, Lady A. M'Cloud, Lady Hamilton, Mrs. Mitford, &c., are among the fa.shionables who visited that St. .1 DIOS'S theatre during the past week. A great concourse of people was attracted yesterday afternoon to Waterloo-bridge, to witness a match performed. by Sutton, the Kentish eedistrian who was b ac k e d to a con siderable- amount fo perfor m th e following feat :—To walk one rata backward, one mile forwards. to run it mile, to wheel a barrow a mile, and piek fifty stones a yard apart, and do r them into a. basket—all to be performed within an,hour, and which he aecomplished in 59 minutes, cr one minute vi hiu the time. The entire distance was about seven miles, awl flip wai4ing backwards was particularly admired. Sutton,. is the tam., pedestrian who performed the great walking match in Lord's Cricket.gtound, St. John's-wood, of 305 miles in six days. walking twelve hours per day, and half that: diaanee backw.:rds. i ti'i' COURT CIRCULAR.